Stakeholders have decried the state of Nigerian seaports, saying they are largely underdeveloped, poorly ranked among their peers in the West Africa sub-region, and undermining the ease of doing business. According to the stakeholders, Nigerian seaports remain at the potential level despite their impacts on other value-chains of the economy. Former Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Adebayo Sarumi, urged for increased advocacy to ensure that the government listens more to the private sector and ensures that port reforms contain contributions of the private sector. x“The ports serve the private sector and the private sector cannot ignore what is happening there. Aspects of shipping logistics need to be taken advantage of by the private sector, especially in the area of warehousing, truck spare parts among others”, he added.

Source: The Guardian April 22, 2021 03:00 UTC